Michael Imperioli
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Imperioli in June 2007
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James Michael Imperioli March 26, 1966 Mount Vernon, New York, United States |
| Residence | Santa Barbara, California |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria Chlebowski (m. 1995) |
| Children | 3 |
James Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer and director best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared in the TV drama series Law & Order as NYPD Detective Nick Falco. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of Life on Mars. He was starring as Detective Louis Fitch in the ABC police drama Detroit 1-8-7 until its cancellation. He wrote and directed his first feature film, The Hungry Ghosts, in 2008. In 2015, he starred in Mad Dogs, a dark-comic thriller television series available for viewing on Amazon's Amazon Prime subscription service in the U.S and on Shomi in Canada.
Imperioli was born in Mount Vernon, New York into an Italian-American family (ancestors originated from Lazio), the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor and Claire Imperioli, an amateur actress. In his early childhood he attended Lincoln School in Mount Vernon. He graduated from Brewster High School (Brewster, New York), Brewster, New York in 1983.
Imperioli has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards as well as for five Emmy Awards for his work as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos; he won one Emmy, for the show's fifth season in 2004.
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